Hernando County Animal Control's Friends

Hernando County Animal Control's Friends WE ARE NOT HERNANDO COUNTY EMPLOYEES! ANY dog or cat you save will give all the others more time If you aren't saying something productive, DO NOT SAY IT.

IF YOU PERSISTENTLY POST NEGATIVE COMMENTS ASKING WHY WE AREN'T DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THE ANIMALS IN NEED YOU WILL BE BANNED FROM THIS PAGE. We are all volunteers who work our tails off to get every animal out of this shelter. We also ALL have jobs to support our own families and rescue animals. Just because you do not see postings stating our every move does NOT mean we are letting things slip by.

Do not take it upon yourself to intervene... If we say we are sending someone for an eval, lining up a home, arranging transport, etc, WE WILL GET IT DONE. Having people ask us why we "aren't answering people's posts" or "ignoring interested people" does not make our lives and jobs any easier. WE ARE NOT EMPLOYEES OF HERNANDO COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES. We are a small private rescue group who has set aside our initial priority for a much more pressing situation: SAVING THE INNOCENT LIVES THAT ARE THREATENED TO BE TAKEN EVERY DAY AT HERNANDO COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES. Animal Services continuously receives friendly, adorable animals who need loving homes. The animals come from various sources such as strays picked up from the street, or animals from private homes where the owner can or will no longer care for them. Many of them have been neglected, abandoned, or abused, but they can and do rebound to become loving family pets.

Looking for a sweet puppy to add to your family? Meet Todd! At 4 months old, this mixed-breed pup is full of energy, sup...
08/09/2026

Looking for a sweet puppy to add to your family? Meet Todd!

At 4 months old, this mixed-breed pup is full of energy, super fun, and ready for a home that can help him learn his big-dog manners.

Heโ€™s not in the main walkthrough area, so just ask our staff at the front counter to meet Todd when you drop by!
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๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ'๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ-๐—”๐—ป๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€
๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿง๐Ÿข ๐–ฎ๐—…๐—‚๐—๐–พ๐—‹ ๐–ฒ๐—.
๐–ก๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—ˆ๐—„๐—Œ๐—๐—‚๐—…๐—…๐–พ, ๐–ฅ๐–ซ ๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿจ๐Ÿข๐Ÿฃ
(๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿง๐Ÿค) ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿจ-๐Ÿง๐Ÿข๐Ÿจ๐Ÿค

๐–ฌ๐—ˆ๐—‡ ๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฃ-๐Ÿง
๐–ณ๐—Ž๐–พ๐—Œ ๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฃ-๐Ÿฉ
๐–ถ๐–พ๐–ฝ ๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฃ-๐Ÿฉ
๐–ณ๐—๐—Ž๐—‹๐—Œ ๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฃ-๐Ÿฉ
๐–ฅ๐—‹๐—‚ ๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฃ-๐Ÿง
๐–ฒ๐–บ๐— ๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฃ-๐Ÿง
๐–ฒ๐—Ž๐—‡ ๐–ข๐–ซ๐–ฎ๐–ฒ๐–ค๐–ฃ

$๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€:
โœ‚๏ธ ๐–ฒ๐—‰๐–บ๐—’/๐–ญ๐–พ๐—Ž๐—๐–พ๐—‹
๐Ÿ’‰ ๐–ต๐–บ๐–ผ๐–ผ๐—‚๐—‡๐–บ๐—๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡๐—Œ
๐Ÿ†” ๐–ฌ๐—‚๐–ผ๐—‹๐—ˆ๐–ผ๐—๐—‚๐—‰
๐Ÿชช ๐Ÿฃ ๐—’๐–พ๐–บ๐—‹ ๐–ง๐–พ๐—‹๐—‡๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ๐—ˆ ๐–ข๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐—‡๐—๐—’ ๐–ซ๐—‚๐–ผ๐–พ๐—‡๐—Œ๐–พ

08/05/2026

UPDATE 8/9: SASSY LEFT THE SHELTER WITH PawLife Rescue Group Saturday!

UPDATE 8/6: Sassy received a rescue commitment today. Will update with info when she leaves Saturday ๐ŸŽ‰ . .

โ—๏ธ๐—— ๐—˜ ๐—” ๐—— ๐—Ÿ ๐—œ ๐—ก ๐—˜โ—๏ธ 3PM Thurs. 8/6
Link to original post โฌ‡๏ธ
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18BAMZFapJ/?mibextid=wwXIfr

08/05/2026

if being cute were a crimeโ€ฆ
July โ€ข 2 y/o female adoptable at Hernando County Sheriff's Office - Animal Services

๐‘บ๐’†๐’•๐’•๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘บ๐’‘๐’๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’… ๐Ÿ’• ๐‘จ๐’“๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’–๐’‘๐’…๐’‚๐’•๐’†Cannoli, formerly Archer, has settled into his new life with a wonderful family. . ....
08/04/2026

๐‘บ๐’†๐’•๐’•๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘บ๐’‘๐’๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’… ๐Ÿ’• ๐‘จ๐’“๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’–๐’‘๐’…๐’‚๐’•๐’†

Cannoli, formerly Archer, has settled into his new life with a wonderful family. . .

Mom told us Cannoli is doing amazing! His personality is really shining through. He loves to play and snuggle with his mom and dad. Hes integrating well with his two German shepherd sisters. He loves to go on walks with his dad, but definitely prefers to lay in bed and sleep next to mom! . .

Weโ€™re especially grateful Cannoli found his home so quickly. Belgian Malinois are incredible dogs, but the shelter environment can be especially tough on them. Wishing Cannoli and his family many happy adventures together!

08/04/2026

Business in the front, piglet in the back ๐Ÿ˜†
Jordan โ€ข 2 year old female โ€ข Adoptable atHernando County Sheriff's Office - Animal Services

๐‘บ๐’†๐’•๐’•๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘บ๐’‘๐’๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’… ๐Ÿ’• ๐‘น๐’๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’ ๐’–๐’‘๐’…๐’‚๐’•๐’†We love getting updates from our adopted pets, and Robinโ€™s family shared one that made...
08/03/2026

๐‘บ๐’†๐’•๐’•๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘บ๐’‘๐’๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’… ๐Ÿ’• ๐‘น๐’๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’ ๐’–๐’‘๐’…๐’‚๐’•๐’†

We love getting updates from our adopted pets, and Robinโ€™s family shared one that made us smile. Hereโ€™s how this sweet pup is doing in his forever home.
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I am such a proud dad. Robin is just the best rescue anyone could ever ask for. She is getting along very well with my families dogs. Of course everyone that meets her falls in love with her. It must have been hard for her foster mom to part with her but I am very thankful she did. Robin is my little girl and she has definitely without any reservation accepted me as her dad
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Thank you dad for sharing this wonderful update with us. Wishing Robin many more years of love, and couch snuggles ๐Ÿฉท

UPDATE 8/9: SASSY LEFT THE SHELTER WITH PawLife Rescue Group Saturday!UPDATE 8/6: SASSY RECEIVED A RESCUE COMMITMENT ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰ ...
08/03/2026

UPDATE 8/9: SASSY LEFT THE SHELTER WITH PawLife Rescue Group Saturday!

UPDATE 8/6: SASSY RECEIVED A RESCUE COMMITMENT ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰
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๐Ÿšจ ๐ƒ๐„๐€๐ƒ๐‹!๐๐„ ๐Ÿ‘๐๐Œ ๐Ÿ–/๐Ÿ”: ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐š๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐/๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณรซ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐Ÿšจ

When Sassy first arrived at the shelter, she was dealing with a painful mastitis abscess. The good news... that infection has healed. The challenging news is that a mass remains in her mammary tissue, and she may need a mastectomy, but she will definitely need a biopsy at a full service vet to rule out cancer.

Because the shelter isn't equipped for complex surgeries, Sassy is on an urgent medical plea with a firm deadline of Thursday, August 6th at 3:00 PM. There will be no extensions.

She is housebroken and friendly. Calm but also playful. Sheโ€™s mostly neutral around dogs and prefers to just lay down and relax during play groups. She would do best with lower energy, respectful dog companions who honor her space. What I have seen so far is that if another dog gets too close, she gives a warning growl but ultimately would rather just get up and move away. We haven't seen her around cats yet.

She is available for rescue pull OR adoption. Any adopter must understand that the shelter highly recommends taking her to a private vet right away, and medical waivers will need to be signed.

Sassy deserves so much better than spending her last days in a shelter kennelโ—๏ธโ—๏ธ

10 years old | 55 lbs | HW Negative | Fully vetted | ID A007075 . .

๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต . .

๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ'๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ-๐—”๐—ป๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€
๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿง๐Ÿข ๐–ฎ๐—…๐—‚๐—๐–พ๐—‹ ๐–ฒ๐—.
๐–ก๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—ˆ๐—„๐—Œ๐—๐—‚๐—…๐—…๐–พ, ๐–ฅ๐–ซ ๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿจ๐Ÿข๐Ÿฃ
(๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿง๐Ÿค) ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿจ-๐Ÿง๐Ÿข๐Ÿจ๐Ÿค

๐–ฌ๐—ˆ๐—‡ ๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฃ-๐Ÿง
๐–ณ๐—Ž๐–พ๐—Œ ๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฃ-๐Ÿฉ
๐–ถ๐–พ๐–ฝ ๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฃ-๐Ÿฉ
๐–ณ๐—๐—Ž๐—‹๐—Œ ๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฃ-๐Ÿฉ
๐–ฅ๐—‹๐—‚ ๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฃ-๐Ÿง
๐–ฒ๐–บ๐— ๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฃ-๐Ÿง
๐–ฒ๐—Ž๐—‡ ๐–ข๐–ซ๐–ฎ๐–ฒ๐–ค๐–ฃ

08/02/2026

๐™บ๐™ด๐™ฝ๐™ฝ๐™ด๐™ป ๐™ฑ๐š๐™ด๐™ฐ๐™บ ๐™ฒ๐™ท๐š๐™พ๐™ฝ๐™ธ๐™ฒ๐™ป๐™ด๐š‚: ๐™ถ๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ ๐™ด๐š๐š’๐š๐š’๐š˜๐š—
Check out the comments to read what his shelter friends have to sayโ€ฆ

๐‘บ๐’‘๐’๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’†๐’•๐’•๐’๐’†๐’… ๐Ÿ’• ๐‘ญ๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’Š๐’” ๐’–๐’‘๐’…๐’‚๐’•๐’†We love hearing that Francis is settling into his new life wonderfully!Mom shares th...
08/02/2026

๐‘บ๐’‘๐’๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’†๐’•๐’•๐’๐’†๐’… ๐Ÿ’• ๐‘ญ๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’Š๐’” ๐’–๐’‘๐’…๐’‚๐’•๐’†

We love hearing that Francis is settling into his new life wonderfully!

Mom shares that he is an absolute dream:
โ€ข The ultimate co-pilot: Francis rides exceptionally well in the car.
โ€ข Outdoor enthusiast: He still loves keeping busy by chasing squirrels!
โ€ข Right at home: He has adjusted so well and is already deeply loved.

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Thank you mom and dad for adopting a senior. We couldn't be happier to see Francis living his best life! โค๏ธ

08/01/2026

Brad: My schedule is packed, but I can clear it in a second for a meet & greet with you!
Brad is single & ready to mingle ๐Ÿฉต 3 years old

Address

19450 Oliver Street
Brooksville, FL
34601

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10:30am - 6pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Saturday 10am - 3pm

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(352) 796-5062

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